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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi Advisors. Thanks to
all for your interest in the WSIS discussion over the past few
days. And there will be more to come -- <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Meanwhile, there are
other processes that we can contribute to right now. The most
pressing of these is called the UN Global Digital Compact. </font><span
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Digital Compact is expected to “outline shared principles for an
open, free and secure digital future for all”. <br>
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contributions has just been extended to April 30 and we can make
individual submissions or a joint submission through this
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<p>I have not had time to look too closely at this -- but it looks
to be set up in plain language. It should not be too onerous to
fill in the boxes if we can work out a system to collaborate on
the responses. Most of the questions will be principles oriented
and I think we can probably agree on basic shared principles for
and open internet. Let's try it....................😁</p>
<p>I will be getting ready to travel to my place in Germany over the
next few days -- so time is limited this coming week. But perhaps
someone is interested in taking an initial crack at it. <br>
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<p>Marita<br>
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